5 kid friendly recipes for healing hand, foot and mouth disease

Anyone whose child has suffered from the painful mouth sores caused by hand, foot and mouth disease will know that eating, while sick, is just painful. So, while you may empathize with your child’s pain, it is still important to keep the fluids up and maintain adequate nutrient intake. These 5 kid friendly recipes for healing hand, foot and mouth disease will make eating, easier.

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The world Health Organization explains that nearly all patients recover from hand, foot and mouth disease in 7 to 10 days without medical treatment and complications are uncommon. But, if the patient’s immunity is compromised, there may be further serious complications.

The foods and ingredients that have been reported to aid recovery of hand, foot and mouth disease because they boost immunity and have antiviral capabilities are: bananas, cranberries, manuka honey, coconut oil and mushrooms. So, these 5 kid friendly recipes are based on these ingredients.

Place the bananas in a large mixing bowl and mash them with a fork. Add the coconut oil and sugar to the bananas, and beat with a fork or an electric mixer until smooth. Beat in the eggs and vanilla.

In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt.

Gradually add the flour mixture to the banana mixture, on low speed with the mixer (or using a rubber spatula or fork) just until well-incorporated, but do not overmix, which will yield a tough banana bread. Stir in the chocolate chips, if using. Scrape the coconut banana bread batter into the prepared loaf pan.

Bake for about 55 minutes until a wooden skewer or a sharp knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in the pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes, then turn out of the pan and finish cooling upright on the wire rack.

What the Kids Can Do: Mash the bananas, measure the ingredients, mix up the batter, and don’t forget – preheat the oven! It’s never to early for them to know how to do that! You might let them decide on whether or not to ad chocolate chips — though in my experience, the answer to that will always be yes.

You can also make these as muffins, and they will make about 14 to 18 regular muffins. Reduce the cooking time to about 25 minutes. Cool in the pan for about 10 minutes, then turn them out onto a wire rack to finish cooling.

Add oil to a dutch oven or heavy soup pot over medium heat, then add onions, mushrooms and a pinch of salt.
Saute for 10-12 minutes or until onions are translucent and mushrooms are soft.
Add garlic and serrano pepper and cook for minute, then add the spices. After another minute or so, add wine to deglaze the pot.
Cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, then add chicken broth and coconut milk.
Let the mixture simmer for about 10 minutes or until it thickens to your liking.
Blend the creamy mixture in a blender or with an immersion blender.
Serve.